Improvement in apparatus for



Unitarian Stearns PATENT @narciso JAMES D. `WILLOUGHBY, OF SCOTLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

IA/IPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR' RAISING AND CARRYING WATER.V

Specification forming part of Leiters Patent No. 7,9LSLE, dated February 1S, 1851.

In my original telegraph watercarrier the track is supported on posts, of which there must be at least one which must be higher than those which precede and succeed it and where .more than one intermediate post is required,

they should be so 'arranged as to give the wire track a regular slope in each direction from the highest. This arrangement of the posts. although well suited to many eases, `is in some cases impracticable from the nature of the ground intervening between the well and the4 starting-post, or only attainable at a consid erable outlay.

The object of my present improvement is to obviate this difficulty, which I do by the substitution of a double-draft cord in place of the singledraft cord of the original machine, this endless cord being so connected with the carriage-windlass that it performs the twofold purpose of propelling the carriage to and fro and of lowering and raising the bucket at the well. surmount any obstacles which may intervene between the starting-post and the well, and to propel the carriageover ground having an extremely irregular surface, without the expense of the high supporting-posts, which are frequently necessary when the telegraph watercarrier is put up according to my original plan.

In the accompanying drawings, A is a post, which is erected at the point where the water is to be delivered. A second post, B, is erected at that side of the well C or other source whence water is to beprocured which is farthest from the starting-post A. The two posts are connectedby a wire track, D, one of whose extremities is made fast to the well-post B,

while the'other is secured to the barrel of a windlass, E, upon the starting-post A,by means of which the track can be strained. The track between the two posts A B is supported at By this improvement I am enabled to` suitable distances by arms c, ,projecting from intermediate posts, F. A car is constructed to run upon the wire track. mainly, of two upper rails, b b, of two side pieces, c d, and of twoV lower rails, e e. The upper rails support the axles of a pair of wheels, fj", whose rims are grooved to run upon the wire track. A windlass, G, is mounted upon the car, the journals of its shaft being supported by boxes secured to the lower rails, e e. The barrel of this windlass is divided into three sections, g h k, two 1( g 71.) of which are of equal diameter, while the remaining one (k) is considerably smaller. Pins t' are inserted in the windlass, which project far enough from its surface to come in contact with a detent, Z, by means of which the windlass is prevented from turning. The detent is pivoted near its middle to the lower rails, e, and is furnished with a tongue, m,- whieh projects beyond that side piece of the car nearest the well-post. A bar, n, hooked at its front extremity, o, is pivoted by its hinder extremity to the side piece, c, of the ear nearest the starting-post. The hooked extremity of this bar also projects beyond the side piece, d. A rod, p, is pivoted to this bar and depends from it beneath the lower rails of the car, where it terminates in an eye. A well-bucket cord is made fast to the smaller section, k, o f the"windlass-barrel, and, being passed through the eye in the lower end of the depending rodp, is made fast to the wellbueket II. A draftcord, I, is made fast at one of its extremities to one (It) of the larger sections of the windlass G on the car. It is then passed through an eye, r, upon the car, and is conducted to a windlass, K, on the starting-post. It is passed round this windlassbarrel, and is thence conducted to the well-post lB. At this `point it is passed round a pulley, q, whence it is returned to the car and secured to the other larger section, g, of the ear-windlass. This cord is sufficiently long to admit of a portion of it being wound upon the barrel of the can windlass. It should be supported between the starting-pointmand wellposts by sheaves on the intermediate posts.

In adjusting this machine for use I commence by making the well-rope fast to the I then turn the latter to wind car-windlass. upon it a quantity of the well-rope sufficient to permit the bucket to descend from the car into the water in the well. I next make fast Thisis composed, y

' cord an equal number of turns.

one extremity of the draft-cord to the carwindlass at h, and by drawing off the wellrope turn the windlass and wind up the draft- The draftcord is then passed through the eye v and a knot too large to pass through the eye is tied in it. The draft-cord is then passed round the windlass E on the starting-postcA, is conducted to the well-post, and is thence returned to the oar, where its extremity is wound two or three turns round the car-windlass at g, and is then made fast thereto. An arm, L, is projected from the well-post, and is furnished at its projecting extremity with a plate, s, facing the end of the car, and with an inclined block, t, whose inclined face is toward the car. Vhen the apparatus is ready foruse, thecar occupies the position in which it is ,represented in the annexed drawings, the bucket-rope being wound upon its windlass.

Vhen water is wanted, power is applied either through the intervention of a crank, u, upon its shaft or by some other suitable device to Vturn the windlass at the starting-post in the direction indicated by the arrow t. By this operation the lower member ofthe draft-cord lis let out, while the -Lipper is wound up and the car is drawn toward the well-post. As it nears this point the hooked extremity o of the l.bar passes over the inclined block tand engages with it, while the tongue m, striking the face of the plate s, detaches the detentf l'rom the pin t with which it is in contact, and leaves the windlass free to turn. As then the motion of the windlass at the starting-post is continued, the draft-cord is drawn oft' from the section g of the car-windlass and wound up on the cord, which, as the car is held fast by the -b'y the draft-cord to the point whence it started.

As the car leaves the well-post the detent Zreengages with the pin zv on the carwindlass,and thus prevents the latter from turning.

In order to render the operation of my apparatus clearer, I have represented the direct and return portions of the endless draft-cord as supported at an equal height on the same side ofthe posts; but I prefer to support them Aat the same height on opposite sides of the posts, thus keeping the return portion of the cord clear of the carriage. It will thus be perceived that the endless draft-cord effects the double purpose of propelling the carriage to and fro and of lowering and raising the wellbucket, while at the same time its adoption enables the constructor to run his carriaget-rack over the most uneven ground without compelling him to make it of uniform slope.

All the different parts of the carriage admit of variation in their form and arrangement without affecting the principle of the invention, and I reserve the right to make any such modification as may be deemed expedient.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The double-draft cord, so arranged and connected with the car-windlass that it effects the twofold purpose of propelling the carriage to and fro, and of turning the car-windlass to unwind and wind up the bucket-cord, thus insuring the descent of thebueket into the well.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub` scribed my name.

J. D. VILLOUGHBY.

\Vitnesscs:

G. R. McILRoY, I). H. XViiTsoN. 

